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TIL that meth is called crank because the motorcycle gangs that trafficked it use to hide it in the crank case of their motorcycles.

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QgkL TIL that domestic cats instinctively don’t want to drink from the water bowl next to their food, and therefore seek it out first elsewhere in the house, because in the wild any water next to their kill might be contaminated.
v1gQ7 TIL that Dr. Phillip Zimbardo, the psychologist in charge of the Stanford Prison Experiment, was convinced to end it early by the intervention of his then-girlfriend, Christina Maslach. They later married, and he now runs a non-profit to research and promote everyday heroism.
R47 TIL that Woody Allen’s son Ronan Farrow, a former child prodigy that now works as a Special Adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is disgusted by his dad marrying his sister. On Fathers Day 2012, he tweeted “Happy father’s day— or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law’s day”
oR4R TIL Billionaire Peter B. Lewis, chairman of Progressive Insurance, has donated over $2.3 million towards marijuana legalization
9YZA6 TIL A 227-year-old tree planted by George Washington was pulled down by the wind last year.